Today, people often live next door to each other without knowing one another. Many people are under strong time pressure or have very different interests. Young and old people rarely meet in a natural and friendly way. Since the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people who describe themselves as lonely has increased in all age groups.
In her lecture Carmen Stadelhofer shows how Neighbourhood’ as a social construct has
changed and how digital media can help to strenghten social cohesion:
- at an individual level,
- at a societal level,
- in the local neighbourhood,
- in the wider community,
- and at an international level.
